Delivering Digital Services Aeronautical Data in Airline Operations Presented By: Reinhard Thanhäuser Lufthansa Systems Date:August 26, 2014

1 Flight Planning Aircraft Perf FMSCharting Load Control Check-In OPS Control Crew Planning Network Planning Sales Ticketing Airline IT

Flight Planning Strategic Planning Tactical Planning Operational Planning Inflight Support Postflight Analysis 2 Long TermShort TermActual Flight EventDuring FlightAfter Flight Route Evaluation Network Planning Overflight Clearance Performance Data Route Optimization Fuel Optimization Operational Flight Plan Latest Changes NOTAM Watch Weather Watch Statistics Fuel Policy Baseline Data Statistics Baseline Data Temporal Data Baseline Data Temporal Data Fuel Consumption Flight Time

Operational Planning Goals Legal flight plan Safe flight Economic flight Pilot (End User) Support Briefing package Routing Fuel calculation Weather Restrictions NOTAM Consistent information Operational flight plan FMS Charting Inflight support 3

Temporality Tailoring Temporality Tailoring Required Data Navigation Data Weather Data Operational Data 5

Navigation Data Common Data Static data NOTAM Restrictions Rules Regulations Tailored Data Customers ask for data tailoring Different view on the world Operational reasons Operational risk Equipment Political reasons Local agreements Flight restrictions 6

Operational Data Flight Event Data Aircraft rotation Crew rotation Booking data ATS flight plan Aircraft performance Aircraft equipment Customer Policies Fuel policy Special procedures Airport authorization Traffic rights Crew qualification Statistics Cost index 7

Weather Data Airport Weather METAR TAF Runway conditions Evaluated for Departure Destination Alternates ETOPS alternates Enroute Weather Upper Air Data Significant weather charts Other weather phenomena 8

Other Data Flight Planning Cosmic radiation Environmental data Special flight planning data Life vest airspace Directs Artificial waypoints Non-published data Fuel price Admin System configuration User rights Dispatch offices 9

Temporality Validity Lifecycle Time schedules Changes during lifecycle Short term changes (NOTAM) No overlaps in temporality Flight Planning Impact Flights „between“ AIRAC cycles Complex evaluation Determination of current state Manual evaluation of NOTAM may be required Data integrity 10

Data Tailoring m 700 m AIRAC 9300 m 3900 m 3200 m (FPL) 3900 m (FMS) 3900 m (FPL) 3900 m (FMS) 3900 m9300 m 1000 m 4000 m3900 m 4000 m3900 m 3200 m (FPL)4000 m 3900 m (FMS)4000 m 3900 m (FPL)4000 m 3900 m (FMS)4000 m 2900 m 11

Data Sources Navigation Data AIP Amendments Supplements Circulars NOTAM Military publications (if available) ATC Customer Data Customer policies Customer manuals Contracts Communication Other Sources Topography/Terrain Charts/Satellite images Independent organizations Weather Data Weather providers 12

Data Maintenance Lido/Flight 24/7 data provider Worldwide coverage Quality assurance More than 2500 documents per year Increasing amount of data Manual editing process Huge manpower Application related Partly automated NOTAM parser Automated WX import Mostly automated OPS data import 13

Data Structures 16

Life is not always easy … Data Quality Inconsistent data Incomplete data Untrusted data Ambiguous data Briefing Different processing time Flight planning Charting FMS Different data providers Flight Planning Insufficient data Unspecified NOTAM Handling of complexity 17

Example 6 NM Inconsistent Data Three definitions of the same waypoint Two countries 18

Example O0186/14 NOTAMN Q) ****/QFAXX/IV/NBO/A/000/999/4146N****E**** A)**** B) C) E) RWY 09L: METAL FENCE HGT 2M INSTL AT DIST 160M FM RWY EXTREMITY TOWARDS LMM. RWY SHOULDER AND STOPWAY REDUSED BY 240M. STRIP DIMENSIONS: 3260 X 202M. CREATED: 18 Aug :13: R LMM 662 V LMM Ambiguous Data There is no stopway. Which LMM ? 19

Example Complexity How does a bulb affect flight operations ? A case study… Airport Suitability Check Lido/Flight checks destination and all possible alternates for suitability At the ETA Weather forecast Weather minima Fire fighting category NOTAM situation … A Broken Light Bulb May downgrade the approach lights May close and approach procedure May close the airport May force the aircraft to divert May cause a delay May cause that the crew exceeds allowed duty times May cause an additional night for the passengers … 20

Requirements Advantages of digital data Automated processing Unique data Timely availability Ready for visualization Digital data shall be Compliant with standards ISO ICAO/IATA DO 200 Quality assured Business rules ADQ Unique and identifiable Consistent Complete Static data (Baselines) Temporal data (Delta) Extendable Reliable 21

Paper versus AIXM ANSP Survey (2011) Survey was contacted by Lufthansa Systems FlightNav 85 of 169 organizations answered the survey How is aeronautical data published today? How will aeronautical data be published in the future? Today AIXM Usage 22

Vision If I could make a wish … XMs would become a common „language“ between all airspace users XMs would be fully implemented in SESAR and NextGen ANSP world would be merged with the airline world ANSPs would provide a one stop shop for aeronautical data Flight planning systems would be able to connect to different data providers The entire AIP would be available in AIXM Data would be available without delay Data would be quality assured and always consistent Data changes would be applied directly to the database 23

Conclusion AIXM AIXM is a mature data model ready for use Data content is still only available marginally Please provide not only NOTAM, but also static data Quality assurance has to be implemented XMs are the right way to answer our challenges are more than an interface can be fully utilized, if the philosophy behind is consequently implemented Should be further enhanced in close cooperation with airspace users Thank you ! 24

Contact Information Reinhard Thanhaeuser Performance and Operations Engineering Lufthansa Systems AG FRA AF/L-SP Am Prime Parc 2 D Raunheim Germany Tel.: